Claudia Drago [PhD student]
Research Interest
- Marine Biology and Ecology
- Limnology
- Microplastics

Claudia Drago
Scientific career
Since 2018 PhD student at the University of Potsdam supervised by PD Dr. Guntram Weithoff and PD Dr. Katrin Wendt-Potthoff, project :
MikroPlaTas (Plastik in der Umwelt, BMBF)
2017 Master’s thesis : “ Absorption and effect of microplastics in Mullus barbatus” (ENG)
2017 Traineeship in Ecotoxicology in the University of Exeter (UK)
2015 - 2017 Master’s Degree in Coastal and Marine Biology and Ecology (ENG) in the University of Salento (Italy)
2014 Bachelor’s thesis: “Methodology of Stratigraphic analysis of benthic foraminifera’s Tanathocenosis in Sicilian Channel” (ITA)
2014 Four months Traineeship at Italian National Research Council; Institute for Coastal Marine Environment; Unit of Capo Granitola (CNR)
(Italy)
2013 Two semesters abroad in the faculty of Biology at the University of Oviedo (Spain)
2009-2014 Bachelor’s study in Natural Science (ITA) at the University of Palermo (Italy)
Publications
Seta Noventa, Christian Hacker, Ana Correia, Claudia Drago & Tamara Galloway (2018) Gold nanoparticles ingested by oyster larvae are internalized by cells through an alimentary endocytic pathway, Nanotoxicology, 12:8, 901-913, DOI: 10.1080/17435390.2018.1487601
Matthew Cole, Corin Liddle, Giulia Consolandi, Claudia Drago, Cameron Hird, Penelope K. Lindeque, Tamara S. Galloway (2020) Microplastics, microfibres and nanoplastics cause variable sub-lethal responses in mussels (Mytilus spp.), Marine Pollution Bulletin, Volume 160, 111552, ISSN 0025-326X, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2020.111552